The Ballad of Narayama
The Ballad of Narayama
TMDB 7.5
Drama
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
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The Ballad of Narayama
TMDB 7.5
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
Drama
Trailers & More
The Ballad of Narayama
In a small village in a valley everyone who reaches the age of 70 must leave the village and go to a certain mountain top to die. If anyone should refuse they would disgrace their family. Old Orin is 69. This winter it is her turn to go to the mountain. But first she must make sure that her eldest son Tatsuhei finds a wife.
- Directors
- Shōhei Imamura
- Producers
- Jirô Tomoda
- Cast and Characters
- Ken Ogata (Tatsuhei), Sumiko Sakamoto (Orin), Tonpei Hidari (Risuke), Aki Takejo (Tamayan), Shoichi Ozawa (Katsuzô), Fujio Tokita (Jinsaku), Sanshō Shinsui (Zeniya Tadayan), Seiji Kurasaki (Kesakichi)
- Languages
- Japanese